Improvement in button-fastenings



U. H. REID.

Button-Fastenings.

N0. 142,043. Patented August19,i873.

1/ 1/ k 1 7 y l E I v UNITED STATES CHARLES H. REID, OF DANBURY,CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTON-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

142,043, dated August 19, 1873; application filed July 16, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. REID, of Danhury, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Button-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beingbad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my device in operative position. Figs. 2 and 3 are plan andperspective views of my device detached. Figs. 4 and 5 represent thesame in plan as it is cut from the blank, and of modified form.

The object of my improvement is to produce a cheap, durable, andefficient fastening for buttons, whereby they can be attached to anyfabric with ease and dispatch; and it consists of a metallic clipsuitably formed, with a neck to pass through the shank-eye of thebutton, and projecting points to penetrate the material to which thebutton is to be attached, and, being bent down and clinched, to hold thesame firmly secured.

That others may fully understand my invention, I will particularlydescribe it.

A is the button, which must be provided with a shankeye, B. O is thefastening-clip. This clip is formed of some suitable metal, such asbrass, rolled to a proper temper. At its central part it is formed witha sort of neck,

a, to rest in the eye of the button-shank, and

at each end there are sharp tangs b b, to penetrate the cloth or othermaterial to which the button is to be attached. I form two of thesepoints I; b at one end, and one of the same at the other end, as shown.When made ready for use, the clip is bent at its central part or neck a,so as to form a loop, as shown, within which the shank-eye of the buttonrests.

\Vhen ready for attachment, the points I) b are bent down at rightangles to the surface to which the attachment is to be made, and, beingforced through the fabric, they are again bent and clinched down uponthe under surface thereof.

If necessary, are-enforce piece maybe placed next to the surface of thefabric, and under the clinched points I).

In placing the fastening, the end of plate 0, having two points, b b,will, of course, be set opposite the direction of strain, while on theside of the strain the single point will be sufficient.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is- The clip 0,formed with looper-neck a and the points I) b, disposed as described, toform a fastening for eye shanked buttons.

CHAS. H. REID.

Witnesses:

WM. A. MOORE, OLIVER A. G. Toni).

